Team Iowa 1 More Pictures

Team Iowa 1 was working in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids today, one block away from where Barak Obama was speaking. No luck getting to meet the candidate though. These pics are from yesterday's work.

Team Iowa 2 Report

The South Dayton team was little but mighty ! The 4 of us range in age from 15 to 62. As the senior member of the team, I cannot express in words how proud I am of these 3 young people. They have a heart for Jesus and hands and feet for His work.
As you know, once you go on your first mission trip you are "hooked" forever. Being able to lighten the load of people in so much need pulls you closer to each other as a team and closer to our Father.

We worked de-mucking and cleaning up flood leftovers. Also pulled down a couple sheds. We saw lots of frogs, toads, bugs, but no live snakes this time !

Gary and Mark were great to work with and Joe is the best cook ever ! Our team is looking forward to working with them again in the future.

Iowa needs our prayers, but mostly our hands and feet. There is so much work to be done. God wants us to be servants and when we unite we are an army working together for His glory.

Thanks so much for coordinating our trip. God bless you and your family.

Sharon Oakes -Stephanie Brooks - Bryan Rebar - Matt Stephens

The SON is shining !

Iowa Team 1 Pics

Adam loaded some pictures to the "Servants Unite, Iowa Team 1" Facebook group. You can join the group as well to see the pics teammembers bring back. For those not on facebook, here are the pics:

Team Iowa 2, The Strangest Team Picture Ever

Here they are!
Team Iowa 2 from South Dayton Church of Christ. Proof that unlike Vegas, what happens in Iowa does not stay in Iowa, this came through a couple different sources. As did these:





It seems volunteers are always standing around resting when pics are taken, but that just means they are working too hard between breaks to bother taking pictures :-) Still waiting to hear their stories, but will share here when I get them.

Team Iowa 1 Is Onsite and Working Hard

Here's a picture of all but three of the team members who left Alum Creek Church of Christ at 10:20 Sunday. The other three left Worthington Christian at 1:20.

Preflight prayers protected the volunteers in one 15 passenger rental that blew a tire. After an hour delay to put on the spare and add air to it they were off and running again. Today they've been working in two homes next door to one another, mudding out the debris from the flood and prepping them for dryout and rebuild.

I hope to have you more stories tonight after they are done working and hope to get some pictures back from them as well.

Burlington Iowa Activities

Mark Robbins, from the Bayou La Batre effort, has been working with Hilltop out of Burlington Iowa. Currently most of their work has been in the town of Pontoosuc. Team Iowa 2 from South Dayton Church of Christ is working there through this weekend. Mark has been keeping up a blog on his site www.godssoldiersunited.com. Check it out if you get time.